| Multi-colored Formalist compositions by Jerry Walden at RHV Fine Art in Brooklyn |
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BROOKLYN, N.Y.- Jerry Walden paints hard-edged visual abstractions in acrylic on canvas by layering and juxtaposing random and well considered stripes of color to form undulating lines of shifting hue and direction that result in multi-colored Formalist compositions. After 6 years of re-evaluating his studio practice by working through his Deconstructing Jerry (DJ) and Reconstructing Deconstructing Jerry (RDJ) Series this exhibition marks the transition to a new body of work. Rather than display a finished body of work this exhibition of 8 new paintings will document the artist’s transition from one mode of thinking to another and offer the viewer insights into the artist’s studio practice. Like his RDJ series, Walden begins each painting by applying 1” stripes of tape every one inch so that half of the entire surface of the canvas is covered and fills in the untaped stripes with randomly selected color. The tape read full article
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